tonner

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noun

A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.

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Meanings

nountonner (plural tonners)

plural tonners

  1. in compoundsA vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.

    There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front.

    1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

Origin

From ton + -er or tonne + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tonner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonner

MLA

“tonner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonner.

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